Bracelet hook



Aug. 10 1926.

BRACELET HOOK Filed Hay 12. 1925' y A TTORNEYS.

Unirse srarss PATENT i OFFICE.

Louis E. varo-cutanei* rAw'rUcKnr, nnonn rsLaND, Assreivon frovr LOUIS STERN oo., or PROVIDENCE, RHODE sLANn, A ooRroRATIoN 0F :RHODE ISLAND.l

BRACELET Hook..

Appuann ined May-'12, 1925. "sriai No. 29,729.

This inventionrelates to an improved construction of so-called watch bracelet hook, andhas for'its objectvto provide such a hook which is more particularly adapted to be used in connectinga bracelet to a wrist watchg'and the object of this invention is to provide such a hook in which the awrmember 'is pivoted 'inthe Ybody of .the hook and is providedwith an operating arm extending throughfthe front wall of the hook by the manipulation of which arm the pivoted jaw member may be swung out wardly from the iiXed j'awmember in connecting and disconnecting thehook to and from the bail of the watch.

A further object of this invention is to form the outer jaw member of the hook nearly ystraight to readily enter the bail member ofthe watch and the lower or swinging jaw member of the hooi: in hook shape to close against the'iixed jaw member to facilitate the connecting of the hook toa watch having a ldepending bail memberbencath the overhanging portion thereof.

l/Vith these and 'other Vobjects in' view, theinvention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out'in the appended claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings: v

Figure l is an edge view showing a portion of a watch with myimproved type of hook connected to the bail formed on the under side of the overhanging portion thereof.

Figure Slis a face view of the 'body portion ofA they hook in unfolded position as struck from sheet stock.

Figure 3 shows the wings or side portions of the hook-body as folded. l

Figure i shows the notched wing portions of the body as partially closed upon the pivot pinof the jaw member,

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the inner face of thej aw member.A Y

Figure 6 shows the Y member as mounted in the body of the hook both being partiallyy inV section through the pivot pin connecting the two.

'Figure Y7 is a longitudinal central sectional view through the body memberand showing the same as connected tothe bail of a watch, shown indotted lines.

kFigure 8 is av perspective view of my improved bracelet hool.

t is found in the` construction of wrist watches, of advantage to provide extending ornamental portions on their ends and to also provide rearwardly-extending bail members on the under side of these ornamental extending portions, and therefore in orderto be `able to connect` a bracelet hook to theseY bail members which lie close to the under surface of the overhanging portions. itis necessary that thextop wall or plate of the hook-shaped member be provided with ashank portion and an end portion which is adapted to extend through this bail on the watch and to pivot the jaw member in the body of the-hook with an upwardlyextending end-portion to close against the under side of the straight jaw portion to engage the watch bail; also it is found of advantage to provide an operating arm eX# tending through the front plate of the hook into position to be engagedv when the jaw is to be opened to receive or permit the removal from the bail of the watch; and the following is a detailed description of thepresentV embodiment of my invention and showing one means by which these advantageous results may beaccomplished 2,-

Tith reference to the drawings, l() designates the body of my improved'form of bracelethool; which is preferably formed of sheet stock, the same having a top wall or plate l1 with a forwardly-extending'shank or outer jaw portion 12 formedfto readily engage or be passedthrough the bail 'member 13 of a wrist watch 14. The body portion of this hook member is provided with rearwardly-extending edgeV wallsl and Vinwardly foldable members lGQalso this bodv portion is provided with wing Iportions 17 whichy are notched at their edges 18v and adapted to beffolded inwardly into position as illustrated in Figures Sand 65 over the pivot pin 19 on which the swinging jaw` '20 is mounted. i

This swinging'v jaw is provided with a pair of pivot ears 2l having eyes 22 through whichthe pivot pin 19 passes vand a coiled spring 23 has its opposite` ends arranged to act between the front plate of thefhoolr and the rear plate of the swinging jaw to move this jaw'member outwardly on its pivot to carry its hook-shaped end 211 up against the straight end portion 12 of the body of the hook.

At the rear of this swinging jaw, I have formed an operating arm which extends across the opening between the front and back plates of the body member and through the opening 26 of the front plate, its end portion 27 being in position to be readily engaged by thethumbnail of the operator and by drawing the same upward and pressing it forward towards the engaging end of the hook member the under jaw 2O is caused to swing on its pivot outwardly and away from the fixed jaw 12 to receive the bail 13 of the watch or to release the same when the bracelet is to be released from the watch.

By my improvedconstruction, it will be seen that this hook may be readily attached to a bail that lies close aga-inst the under side of the overhanging portion of the watch, and may also be swung from the front jaw of the hook by a simple swinging movement of the operating member thus obviating the necessity and inconvenience of passing the finger around beneath the hook in order to open it which is found in practice to be quite a difficult and inconvenient operation.

My improved hook is very simple and practical in construction and durable and by its use the ends of a watch bracelet may be connected to and disconnected from the bail of a wristwatch even though the bail be close against the overhanging portions of the watch.

The foregoing description `is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by t-he terms of the appended claims.

1. A watch bracelet hook formed of sheet stock and having a pair of cooperating jaw vmembers pivotally connected together to swing outwardly fro-m each other, and an operating arm on one of vsaid members extending through the front portion of the other of said members.

2. A watch bracelet hook having a body portion formed of sheet stock and having an extended fixed jaw member, a jaw member pivoted Ito said body portion to open outwardly from said fixed jaw member, and an o-perating arm on said pivoted jaw extending through the front walls of said body.

3. A watch bracelet hook comprising a body portion having-an extending top plate in substantially a single plane and of a size to readily extend through the bail of a wrist watch, a jaw member pivoted in said body portion to swing outwardly from engagement with said top plate and having an operating` arm extending through said top plate to be manually operated from the top thereof.

t. A watch bracelet hook comprising a body portion having a plate lmember extending therefrom, of a size to pass through the bail of a wrist watch, a jaw member having an operating arm on one end thereof extending through the top wallof said body, and a hook-shaped end to engage said plate member, said jaw being pivoted in said body intermediate its ends whereby a movenient of said arm outwardly from the top wall and toward its hook end moves said jaw and plate members apart to receive the watch bail.

5. A watch bracelet hook comprising a body portion with an opening in its top wall and having its top wall extended in substantially the pla-ne thereof to form the shank member of the hook for passing through the bail of a wrist watch, a jaw member pivoted on said body portion and having a hookshaped end to swing to and from engagement with said shank member, a spring for normally holding said members in closed contacting position, and an operating arm extending through said opening in the top plate to be manually engaged for moving said members to open position.

6. In a watch bracelet hook, a body portion having inwardly-folded wings with notches in their inner portions, a jaw member having inwardly-folded ears, a pivot pin extending through said ears and engaging the notches in said wings to pivot said jaw member relative to said body.

7. A watch bracelet hook comprising a body portion having top, side and bottom walls folded from sheet stock, the top wall having an extending plate lying substantially in a single plane, a jaw member having a hook-shaped end and inwardly folded ears, a pivot pin extending through said ears, a spring coiled about said pin having portions engaging said jaw and -body portion, inwardly-turned wings on said body having notches to engage the ends of said pin and hold it in said body, an operating finger on said jaw extending through the top wall of said body for manual operation of said jaw fr-om the front thereof to move said jaw on the axis of said pin to vand from engagement with the edge of said extending pla-te.

8. A watch bracelet hook formed of sheet stock and having a pair of cooperating jaw members pivotally connected together to swing outwardly from each 'other and 0f substantially the same length from the pivotal connection, one of said members being in substantially a single plane `and the other of said members being hook-shaped at its end and Substantially meeting the end of the first said member.

9. A Watch bracelet hook comprising a body portion having an extending top plate in substantially a Single plane and of a size t0 readily extend through the bail of a Wrist Watch, a jaw member pivoted in said body port-ion to swing outwardly from engagement With said top plate and an eX- tension manually operable from the top of the hook for separating said jaw member and plate.

In testimony whereof I atllx my signature.

LOUIS E. VALooURT. 

